This is worth reading excellant script on Classics of Eastern spirituality. This book original in Persian written by the great Indian Sufi of Bihar who spread Islam all over Eastern India. This work was translated for the first time in Urdu, The native Indan language by Seyed mohammad Ilyas Firdousi in 1960, and in English by Mr. Paulm Jackson. Congratulations and many tributes to Mr. Jackson.

"There was an old woman who lived in a shoe./She had so many children, she didn't know what to do./She gave them some broth without any bread,/Then took them to live in a new home instead..." So begins Alison Jackson's creative and humorous twist on the old classic Women in the Shoe nursery rhyme. The poor woman and her enormous brood try out a myriad of places, including the cat and the fiddle's hat, Humpty Dumpty's wall, Little Miss Muffet's teacup, Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard, and Hickory Dickory Dock's clock, but no place feels right. And so in the end "...If the shoe fits, then wear it," she said to her clan./And she led them right back where this story began..." Ms Jackson's energetic, rhyming, chain of events story is filled with familiar nursery rhyme characters, and little ones will revel in all the fun of identifying old friends and remembering their verses. Karla Firehammer's engaging illustrations, in soft pastel tones, are rich in entertaining details and marvelous facial expressions. Perfect for preschoolers, If The Shoe Fits is a wonderful, fun-filled romp kids will want to read again and again, and is sure to become an instant favorite at your house.

"How to make your training creative, flexible and spontaneous" is the subtitle, and indeed the aim, of this new release from arch-training-publishers Gower. There is a great deal of excellent wisdom about training here which would serve any trainer well.

Jackson's background as a BBC producer and a journalist serves him well. Not only is this book unusually well crafted, but he brings his experience of working with leading impro comedy performers like the London-based Comedy Store Players (Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence et al). The basic thread of the book is the parallel between designing and running a training event and performing "impro". Jackson manages to address this parallel philosophically as well as practically, resulting in a book which will satisfy a range of audiences (trainers, HR staff, performers, people people) at different levels - no mean feat. As such, this is a rare beast - a book that says something genuinely new.

The book takes us through the various roles of the trainer - setting things up, bonding the group, acting as a model for the learners, setting goals and supports, creating novel activities, keeping the group's (and their own) energy up, drawing out resources from participants, and being spontaneous through to the final "performance" and subsequent reviews. NLP trainers may particularly enjoy the variety of thoughts and practical suggestions in the book, all of which would fit well into NLP contexts. I personally enjoyed Jackson's sections on the impression of confidence and spontaneity - these tricky subjects are dealt with simply yet subtly.

Impro Learning is unusually well-crafted as a piece of writing. Jackson's journalism background is an asset, and the words are well chosen, clear and at times unexpectedly witty in a rather understated British way. This allows the author to cram a great deal into his 200-odd pages. There is a great further reading list, along with full references and an index. The only potential downside is the rapidity with which Jackson leaps from, for instance, the philosophy of rule-based games to some basic discussion of icebreaker exercises - I was occasionally left dizzy, but elated by the melange. The price (£42.50) is outrageous, as with many of Gower's books which are clearly aimed at corporate training departments with budgets to match. However, it's only rarely that a really new idea appears in print, and this is worth a place on any discerning trainer's bookshelf.

In The Footsteps Of Stonewall Jackson by Civil War Re-enactor and history buff Clint Johnson is a unique character study of the famous Civil War general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, one of the most pivotal military strategists and leaders in history. Following the trail of Jackson's life from the church where he was baptized to the museum that holds the stuffed hide of his war horse to the grave of the Confederate officer who ordered the volley that fatally wounded Jackson, In The Footsteps Of Stonewall Jackson is a singularly impressive tour de force as enjoyable for armchair travelers as it is for tourists who want to actively seek out more about this fascinating man's life and the role he played in America's bloodiest conflict.

this is a book that i have bought a copy of for a friend even though its out of print. the friends that i have allowed to look at my copy have wanted one as well. the writing is clear and concise adam jackson an attorney brings a unique clarity to the sometime confusing field of iridology great illustrations and a beautiful flow and common sense approach to health. i was truely shocked to see the book is so hard to find. help is hear regarding diet exercise and practical applications a lot of information in a easy to read package

Prof. Jackson's commentary, which comprises nearly half the content, is an extremely well defined analysis on how to assess the truth claims made by Buddhism ( and any other religion ) from a Western philosophical framework. Prof. Jackson chooses to approach the topic using the classical western Correspondence theory of truth and this approach works to a large extent. Professor Jackson chose Correspondence theory as opposed to Pragmatism or Coherence theory because, he considered it to be less vulnerable to ( the western notion of ) relativism. This presents some ironic contradictions in areas where he attempts to "box" in the Mahayana notions of Relative and Absolute truth from a correspondence viewpoint, a viewpoint the Mahayana school would certainly consider a Relative truth. Nevertheless, it makes for a good debate and seems very much in the spirit of Buddhist scholasticism. The book stops short of actually attempting to answer the question "Is enlightenment Possible" as it should, since the answer lies somewhere between the debate of Buddhist truth claims and the practice of Buddhism. Those practitioners who are leery of the benefits of recursive debates will still find the translation of Dharmakirti's work quit enjoyable.

Excelent book for making your organization ISO 9000 compliant

A mentor gave me this book in 1986. I read it as a new college freshman. I read it again as I prepared for my upcoming wedding in 1989. Now I have some friends--young women about to go to college themselves--who I think can bennefit from this practical book. Author Florence Littauer has inspired me over the years with her wisdom and insight into the little things we, as women, can do to make a difference in others' lives. Many of her words come to mind as I think of how to pursue excellence in my walk with God and in my life, now as a wife and mom. Time to read it again!

Captain John J. Dickison, 2nd Florida Cavalry, CSA, was Florida's equivalent during the Civil War to Virginia's celebrated partisian John Mosby, or to Kentucky's John Hunt Morgan. It was Dickison and his small band of horsemen who almost single-handedly kept Florida's interior from falling under Union control. Using the states natural terrain for cover and employing modern guerilla tactics, he inspired such fear and respect in his northern enemies that Federal forces rarely ventured west of the St. Johns River in central and north Florida. This land became known as "Dixie-land", a play on his last name, and he became known to all as the "Swamp Fox". Using numerous published and unpublished primary sources, Mr. Koblas has written the first-ever thorough military biography of this legendary and overlooked Confederate.